Who did the music for Gothic 3? Because that was FAR better than anything else I've heard in the Gothics. That said, I've always found the music in Gothic/Risen to be quite atmospheric. But G3 was on another level

DArtagnan

It was again Rosenkrantz. It was the first time that they had enough budget for an orchestra and a professional composer to help with the arrangement (its hard to transcribe music for a whole orchestra without formal training and experience).

I loved his low key stuff from the first 2 ofcourse also. They did an excellent job of setting and supplementing the atmosphere in an almost subversive way as I am sure I've said often enough.

And yeah G3 music was amazing: ranging from the mellow to the low key to the eerily atmospheric to the bombastic with impressive deftness and aplomb…

P.S the G3 OST is a mainstay on my MusicLib on the Macbook. And every time I hear a piece it does a number on me to start a G3 replay… Damn Nostalgia

Originally Posted by JonNik
It was again Rosenkrantz. It was the first time that they had enough budget for an orchestra and a professional composer to help with the arrangement (its hard to transcribe music for a whole orchestra without formal training and experience).

I loved his low key stuff from the first 2 ofcourse also. They did an excellent job of setting and supplementing the atmosphere in an almost subversive way as I am sure I've said often enough.

Yep, for lowkey music - it's excellent. But I prefer the more "cinematic" and moving stuff - as long as it's not just that.

I guess I have the same opinion as Ridley Scott - as he's also a strong proponent of "moving" music

Incidentally, I love the music in nearly all his movies. Certainly the older stuff.

And yeah G3 music was amazing: ranging from the mellow to the low key to the eerily atmospheric to the bombastic with impressive deftness and aplomb…

P.S the G3 OST is a mainstay on my MusicLib on the Macbook. And every time I hear a pice it does a number on me to start a G3 replay… Damn Nostalgia

Hehe, Gothic 3 is possibly the best broken game I've ever played.

I was glued to the screen for 60-70 hours at release - and it took a LONG time before I had to accept it was too broken to finish.

DArtagnan

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
Hehe, Gothic 3 is possibly the best broken game I've ever played.

I was glued to the screen for 60-70 hours at release - and it took a LONG time before I had to accept it was too broken to finish.

The world was amazing.

You really should give it another try with the CPs (if you ever find yourself with absolutely nothing else to play and can spare the time ). It really is objectively quite decent (my fanboy glasses aside ) and playable right now and can look very nice with the right tweaking and on a decent system

Originally Posted by JonNik
You really should give it another try with the CPs (if you ever find yourself with absolutely nothing else to play and can spare the time ). It really is objectively quite decent (my fanboy glasses aside ) and playable right now and can look very nice with the right tweaking and on a decent system

(I know I had some nice screens uploaded somewhere… )

I've played it several times with the CP

It's good - but I can't stick with it for more than 20-30 hours. One reason is that I don't really enjoy the combat - and I no longer have that "innocent" adventurous spirit I had when I first played it, because I know the limitations of the random loot and the story.

Originally Posted by DArtagnan
It's good - but I can't stick with it for more than 20-30 hours. One reason is that I don't really enjoy the combat - and I no longer have that "innocent" adventurous spirit I had when I first played it, because I know the limitations of the random loot and the story.

But I still want to one day give it another real shot

Yeah there is no way to completely fix that combat…
The guys at CP did a valiant effort and it passes muster for me but I really can't blame anyone being put off by it a little still…